~ Special to The Bedford Citizen
The Music Committee at First Parish on Bedford Common will present its annual Valentine’s concert—“Love Songs We Love”—at 4 pm on Sunday, February 13, 2022 at 4 p.m.
The concert will feature songs like “This Can’t Be Love”, “Falling in Love with Love”, “True Love”, “On a Slow Boat to China”, “Hello, Young Lovers” and, “People Will Say We’re in Love” along with songs by Rodgers, Hart, Hammerstein, Kern, Coward, Porter, Loesser, Lerner, Lowe, and Berlin. Instrumental pieces will be Elgar’s famous “Salut d’Amour” and the heartfelt Meditation from Massenet’s “Thaïs”.
Performers will include First Parish favorites, Cynthia Mork and Ben Sears – vocals, Nathan Kimball – cello, and Brad Conner – piano. It will be a straight-through performance without intermission and will last about an hour.
There are two ways to attend
Here is a Zoom link for those who would like to attend online: https://zoom.us/j/95060704088?pwd=bERSMmJVMC94Y2R0ZTQwQk0xdDczdz09
There are a limited number of spaces for those who would like to attend in person. You MUST sign up to attend in person and please follow the masking and social distancing guidelines set out in the explanation to the signup. You can access the sign up here: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0F4AAEA62FA4FBC70-valentines
Admission is free although a collection will be taken during the concert both online and in-person to benefit First Parish Bedford.
The chocolate reception that usually followed pre-pandemic concerts, has been replaced by a limited number of goodie bags which will be available for pick up at the Elm Street door on Sunday morning before the concert (from 3 p.m. on Saturday through 3 p.m. on Sunday), first-come, first-served.
Each bag will contain delicious edibles, a few surprises, and a raffle ticket for a drawing that will take place during the concert (you must be at the concert to win). For those unable to come to First Parish and would like a bag to be delivered to them, please contact Cynthia Mork at [email protected] before noon TOMORROW, Saturday, February 12, 2022, in order to make arrangements for drop off.
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